I think that is one of the things that is bad about Blizzard. They are so content with what they have that they tend to put out the same things over and over again rather than inventing something new.

Look at all the games they have ever developed.

4 are based directly on warcraft (not including the many addons)
3 are based on diablo
3 are based on starcraft

When diablo 1, warcraft II and starcraft were out they were my favorite company but now it is the same ol stuff and seems like that is direction they are continuing to travel. Sure it is profitable but to me it is getting repetitive. I was playing WCIII yesterday and was laughing at how bad the dialogue is and how much the game just seems like a throw together cheap clone of their own original game from the mid 90s.

I'd like to see them start something new rather than simply taking the easy way out and rely on their safe games.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil I'd like to see them start something new rather than simply taking the easy way out and rely on their safe games.

That's why you should meander over to Guild Wars and Lineage.

I don't play games much anymore since Black Isle went under and refuse to play any game I have to pay a monthly charge for. Occassionally I'll fire something up, I just tried WC 3 because of all the hype surrounding it, and to me it is WC2 prettied up and tricked out.

I guess im just looking for something really special and new and nothing in the last couple years has really sparked my interest.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil I don't play games much anymore since Black Isle went under and refuse to play any game I have to pay a monthly charge for. Occassionally I'll fire something up, I just tried WC 3 because of all the hype surrounding it, and to me it is WC2 prettied up and tricked out. I guess im just looking for something really special and new and nothing in the last couple years has really sparked my interest.

I'm as upset as you are. Most software companies are riding the wave of sequels right now... but some are revolutionizing while going foward.

Take Half-Life 2, for example. Class game. Doom 3 is also a good example... but I'm sure someone can find quirks with that. I also hate paying monthly charges. It's just SOOO annoying.

My advice? Hit up the old DOS game archive and play Duke Nukem and Commander Keen.

Did Black Isle do Black and White??

Yeah I played DoomIII last year, didn't play HL. Doom3 was surely great looking but for some reason didn't wow me like I expected.

Black Isle created Baldur's Gate I and II, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Planescape Torment, and Fallout 1 and 2. They were the owners of the D&D license until Interplay broke up the group and sunk BI. I suppose they milked the D&D license with a lot of their games but unlike Blizzard that was their job under interplay.

Now some of those who were disbanded have formed Obsidian Entertainment and are creating NWN 2 and Fallout has since moved to BethSoft.

I actually did play some old games a few months back but nothing quite as old as Duke Nukem . I popped in Mafia and Baldur's Gate II again after a hiatus. Both are still gems even today. I think mafia was one of last games that really blew me away.

Diablo 1 is definetely on my short list of games that blew me away during their time. Diablo II I saw as more of a makeover, as most sequels tend to be, building on the same premise. I think the problem with Diablo is the end is so predictable because the boss of the game is in the title. You know where the game will end up. However the first time I played diablo 1 I had no clue where I was going and I remember when I first saw the archmage in the bottom levels I was in awe.

I've never been much of a multi player gamer, when I do I tend to just fire up deathmatch in something like UT as I've never been much of a team player

Perhaps with seeing just about everything gaming has to offer I have become jaded by new things, hoping that something I have never seen before will come out.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil Perhaps with seeing just about everything gaming has to offer I have become jaded by new things, hoping that something I have never seen before will come out.

Such is reality with all retro-gamers. We're doomed to wander the earth searching for games that will give us that nostalgic rush while brining new elements into the gaming world, themselves.

OHHHH! They made Fallout and Neverwinter Nights? SNAP. How could I forget their name? I heard about a company called Obsidian... I really hope Fallout 3 is released. Neverwinter Nights is also one of the most gorgeous games to date. I'd love to play it now, actually.